Monk's Robe From Bangkok

Yeah, yeah...This is old story... but for the one who don't know yet, now we can send this loot as gift..

It was ungiftable before..

You can have a chance to loot this armor in Bangkok city episode 5B : DRAGON HEAD, Chapter 3 - Triad faction. But of course, episode 7 of Bangkok gives us better defensive armor ie Royal Thai Marine!

Royal Thai Marine

33 Attack

49 Defense

You need to have 501 of them as the best defensive lootable armor! If not, you can always provide your mafia with the lower stats armor, let's say : Executive Overcoat from Moscow..

That's it for now.. have a great day/night there!


PS : Thanks for the screenshot, Hayden..

New Bangkok Achievements

I got new achievement in Bangkok!

The Dead Or Alive Achievement

We got this achievement by gaining Allied status (the highest reputation) with the Yakuza Faction. I'm sure there is also the same with Triad Faction, right?

Ok, I just got this from seeing one of my best mafia profile..

So, we have 4 new achievements in Bangkok now..

• Dead Or Alive
• Hard Boiled
• Bangkok Dangerous
• One Night In Bangkok

I'll post the new screenshot if he or somebody else has gained the One Night In Bangkok achievement.. See you soon!


PS : Credit goes to Larry for the image!

Bangkok : Episode 1 (Brawler) And Episode 2 (Criminal)

I know that lots of you are waiting for the info about Bangkok episodes, which faction gives you better loots, etc..

Well please go to Mafia Wars Wiki then..
Bangkok episode 1 :
http://mafiawars.wikia.com/wiki/Brawler

Bangkok episode 2 :
http://mafiawars.wikia.com/wiki/Criminal

This site will give you detail info about each job.. the payout, the energy needed, the collections..

You won't miss one info!

For me, it doesn't matter which faction.. because a bit different with Moscow, you can choose it again on next chapter! And.. you can also do Yakuza and Triad job at the same time until you master each one. One click for Yakuza job, one click for Triad job, and soon.. and soon..

Episode 1 & 2, doesn't give powerful loots.. so you don't have to worry of choosing the wrong faction. Have fun exploring the episodes!



PS : Credit goes to the admins of Mafia Wars Wiki!

Which Faction Do You Choose?

NEW FEATURE – CHOOSE A FACTION FOR BEST LOOT

This is the single biggest change over Moscow.

Whenever you choose a side and do a job for that particular side, you receive experience that sways which the balance of the faction you side with. There are several progressive levels you can get to for whichever side you choose.

If you have chosen Yakuza, each time you do the ‘Yakuza’ specific job, you received 3 XP points towards the Yakuza faction; you also lose 1 XP point from the Triad faction. The same formula works in reverse.

Note : CELL Phones play a big Role here – YOU WILL NEED CELL PHONES!

The purpose of this is to allow the purchase of faction specific loot which has better attack and defense than any Moscow weapons. This loot can be purchased ONLY if you have progressed to the required faction level. You buy it with the cash you earn from doing jobs and opening businesses. The loot by comparison is very expensive and will take a long time to accumulate in quantity.

At this stage it appears as though the special faction loot is NOT giftable. Let's see if they launch Bangkok in full version.

At this stage you CANNOT fight in Bangkok yet.

Example: Yakuza OR Triad Faction - 1500 XP required to reach highest level, that's 500 jobs MINIMUM

Faction Levels -> Hostile - Suspicious - Neutral - Trusted - Honored - Allied

Faction Requirements

Hostile: 1-199/1500 faction
Suspicious: 200-399/1500 faction
Neutral: 400-699/1500 faction
Trusted: 700-999/1500 faction
Honored: 1000-1400/1500 faction
Allied: 1401-1500 faction

These are the various levels you get to depending on the XP you accumulate, as mentioned above, 1500 XP is required to achieve allied status. You can only gain this XP by doing the Yakuza or Triad specific job over and over. The rewards are good however ...

Yakuza is Attack - best Faction loot item - Yakuza Assassin 50 Attack 26 Defense
Triad is Defense - best Faction loot item - Shaolin Bodyguard 27 Attack 51 Defense

How to master each faction?

Each time you do a job for one faction, you gain +3 and only lose -1 from the previous job. As a result, with some work, you can actually max out both factions.

I chose Yakuza as my first faction to master, because I don't wanna get confuse with the additional +3 and -1 of each faction. You can try to max on Triad first, that's fine.. and then you can try to max on the next faction..

Basically it doesn't matter on which faction first.. one of my friend tried to choose Yakuza on first level and then Triad on the second level until he maxed out both factions. You can do that too!

In this way, you can figure out which faction can give you lower energy or else.. but I just don't have time to figure it out..

So again.. have fun in Bangkok, guys!


PS : thanks to Dan Ho and Larry for the info!

Bangkok : Full Reputations!

I have tried to master one faction, which is Yakuza faction. And I did it..

The color of bars changing from one reputation to another.. From red, to yellow, and then green, blue and purple! Did I miss one color? I forget one, sorry..

Then I see this screenshot.. OMG!

This mafia fellow has reached the highest reputation of both factions and has unlocked all items from Faction Store!
He has full bought the businesses of both factions too..

Surely took lots of energy and GodFather points to refill the energy.. not to mention doing jobs of Yakuza and Triad back and forth..

Nice job, Larry! Very good job!!!!


PS : Thanks to Larry for the screenshot!

Bangkok Sneak Peak!

Welcome to Bangkok city!!!

I'll try to explain about this city one by one..
Have told you guys about the 3 passports that we can share to 3 mafias.. then each one of them can unlock Bangkok and they will also have the ability to share another 3 passports!

Here is the Faction Store, have 2 stores available : Yakuza Store & Triad Store!

I still don't understand about this.. Be patience, please..

YAKUZA STORE

TRIAD STORE

Ok, now this is the first episode and first chapter.. I think Bangkok has similar rules as Moscow.. where we have to choose which faction that we wanna follow.. I have been on chapter 2, but still confuse on which faction to choose...

Let the time answer then..

And this is the loots that we have to buy on mafia store, including Weapons, Armors and Vehicles...

That's it so far.. will post more soon..


PS : Thanks a lot to Pieter for the screenshots!